How to Make God Indebted?
If we had a rand for every time we felt discouraged and aimless in our spheres of livelihood, we would probably be well-off by now and ready to take early retirement. Srila Prabhupada explains that everyone has a prescribed duty according to the four social dispositions; namely the priestly, warriors, merchants, and labourers. Those who properly perform their prescribed duties as an offering to God “live peacefully and are not disturbed by material conditions.” Thus they achieve the highest perfection of life. To see the truth behind this precept we learn from a scene in the life of the great vulture king, Jatayu. Jatayu was an outstanding devotee of Lord Rama. When the demon king Ravana abducted the beautiful princess Sita, the consort of Lord Rama, he escaped with her on his flying chariot drawn by magical mules. The chariot rose to the sky in the forest of Citrakut, where the great vulture lived. Sita saw Jatayu settled on a large tree and called out to him. Exclaiming she had been seized by the vile king, she told the learned bird not to try to fight Ravana because he was old and Ravana was too powerful. Instead, she urged him to quickly find Lord Rama.